Overcrowding vs. Overcrowded — What's the Difference?

Overcrowding or crowding is the condition where more people are located within a given space than is considered tolerable from a safety and health perspective. Safety and health perspectives depend on current environments and on local cultural norms.

To cause to be excessively crowded

To cause to be excessively crowded

To crowd together excessively.

To crowd together excessively.

Simple past tense and past participle of overcrowd

Present participle of overcrowd

Containing too many occupants for an area of its size.

The situation where a space holds more occupants than it can comfortably accommodate.